What are some lesser known but deadly agents I can have characters exposed to?

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From the Preface:

Purpose
This publication serves as a guide and a reference for trained members of the Armed Forces Medical Services and other medically qualified personnel on the recognition and treatment of biological warfare (BW) agent casualties. Information contained in this publication may also be relevant for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with naturally acquired diseases or illnesses due to pathogens with BW potential.

Grounded in a historical perspective, this new volume, Medical Aspects of Biological Warfare, addresses weaponization of biological agents. It categorizes potential agents as food, waterborne, or agricultural toxins and discusses the respective epidemiology. A description of individual agents includes recent advances in the knowledge base and the illnesses induced. The authors present familiar (anthrax, plague, smallpox) and less often discussed biotoxins (alphaviruses, staphylococcal enterotoxins) and explain methods for early agent identification. To maximize understanding, authors used case studies and research along with successful management practices, treatments, and antidotes.

The description of the practical issues related to civil defense and the inherent differences between national, state, and metropolitan priorities with regard to biosurety, quarantine, crisis management, public affairs, and legal considerations is clear.

The main text is followed by a table of abbreviations and acronyms and an index.

What sort of medical record keeping did the US military do before and after the Persian Gulf War?

Where can I find an account of incidents involving bioweapons detection by US allies?

When was awarding of the National Defense Service Medal authorized for US forces?

How were SCUD missiles used by Iraq during the Persian Gulf War and what payloads did they carry?

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A timeline of the major events of the Persian Gulf War with full text links to reports and other documents created during and after the conflict. Aside from providing a useful scaffold of events for your stories, the linked reports may help in giving characters physical and psychological complications.